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COMMON PRACTICE : A hospital informant said the Philippine president had the implants repaired, had a groin cyst excised and some unwanted hair removed DPA , MANILA Friday, Jul 10, 2009, Page 6 A failed effort by a spokesman to cover up the real reasons behind last week s hospitalization of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has further ...

Scientists say the Philippines' most active volcano is rumbling again while emitting steam and a strong glow at the summit crater that can be seen with the naked eye.

If there is one great thing that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can do with her awesome power in the Philippines, it is to use it for the well being and protection of vulnerable children. All she has to do in her State of the Nation Address on 27th of July to win a place in legal history is to tell her Congress that the Anti-Child Pornography Bill is "urgent". All the Representatives have to do is to vote "yes" and they will save thousands of children from rape and abuse in the years to come.

MANILA, Philippines - Television giant ABS-CBN steps up its election advocacy campaign with a series of workshops on citizen journalism that will arm Filipinos with the knowledge and skills to report on events and incidents concerning the 2010 elections.

The Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday said skeletal remains have been found on a suspected dumping ground in Davao City of bodies of alleged victims of summary executions by the alleged Davao Death Squad .

Two bombs exploded in two restive areas in the southern Philippines Tuesday, killing two people and wounding dozens, officials said, prompting authorities to step up security around state offices in the capital Manila.

"Merrymaking in the village of San Juan, Apalit, Pampanga turned violent when a Catholic fiesta celebrator doused water on an Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister." - just scroll down to see the whole story

Inmates perform a Michael Jackson number at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines.

Security forces arrested two suspected members of a gang behind the abduction of a four-year-old boy last week in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato, an official said on Thursday.

MANILA: While confident that the President's State of the Nation Address before Congress on July 27 will be peaceful, the Armed Forces of the Philippines is not letting its guard down as it revealed massive preparations to quell any unrest and security threats.

Today is Philippine-American Friendship Day. July 4th is the USA's most important national holiday.

Filipinos stand beside debris caused by a bomb explosion just outside a Catholic church in Cotabato city, southern Philippines on Sunday July 5, 2009.

The new Banpo Park is probably the best place in the city to show off the colorful and lively Filipino culture - one as diverse as the archipelago itself.

Once a reluctant housewife, Corazon 'Cory' Aquino was propelled to the Philippines presidency in the 'People Power' revolution that restored democracy in the Southeast Asian archipelago in 1986.

MANILA: A postponement of the general elections next year will be a cause for concern in Washington, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney said yesterday.

A policeman in the Philippines has been arrested for the murder of journalist Crispin Perez on June 9, the BBC said.

Manila, Philippines (July, 1, 2009) – A giant TV network used a self-confessed serial rapist as a resource person recently to discuss a pending case he had filed against a fearless preacher known for exposing false practices.

GMA7, considered the biggest among TV networks in the country used Daniel Veridiano alias Puto as a resource person in an episode in Case Unclosed, a program in GMA7 the night of June 18, 2009.

As penned by Alexandro Lopez, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor of Region III, San Fernando, Pampanga and as approved by Jesus Y. Manarang, the Provincial Prosecutor: “The foregoing facts, together with the rift going on between the INC and the ADD, which we cannot deny, only show that the complainant was indisputably ill-motivated from the inception, and these necessarily, without any scintilla of doubt, substantially affect, if not lessen, his credibility as an unperjured affiant.

Veridiano has become a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo whose habit appears to be that of maligning Soriano. Preacher Soriano routinely exposes the INC of their false beliefs using largely the text discourses in the INC magazine, Pasugo. With it, Soriano has found many errors which he would discuss in bible expositions that obviously embarrass the INC ministers no end. As an effect, the dwindling of the INC membership is credited to Soriano whose preachings were able to enlighten several members of the INC to leave their chapels and join ADD.

MANILA - There is uneasiness surrounding the political ambitions of deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada. Ousted, convicted and jailed on economic plunder charges in 2001, the populist leader is now contemplating a fresh bid for the premiership, one that many political analysts believe he could win faced with a shallow field of contenders in 2010.

Despite his criminal conviction, the former movie star who often played the role of a Filipino Robin Hood consistently rates high in public opinion polls, driven by strong support from the poor masses, particularly in impoverished Mindanao.

" Once a reluctant housewife, Corazon "Cory" Aquino was propelled to the Philippines presidency in the - People Power' revolution that restored democracy in the Southeast Asian archipelago in 1986.

A SUMMA cum laude graduate of West Negros University , Carlos Gerogalin, was awarded Thursday in Malacanang ang as one of the 10 Outstanding Students of the Philippines .

TOSP 2009 regional committee chair and Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue also announced that of the 30 finalists coming from all regions in the country, Western Visayas garnered five seats with Gerogalin and Marian Frances Ledesma from Bacolod City; and Rubie Anne Bito-On, Jemuel Garcia Jr. and Emerose Katrina Blancada from Iloilo.